La Universidad de La Sabana is a non-profit private institution of higher education, work of the corporate apostolate of Opus Dei, founded in Colombia on September 1979. It´s extensive campus (78 hectares) is located in the town of Chía, which is located 20 minutes from the capital. La Universidad de La Sabana is part of a small group of institutions of higher education in Colombia with High Quality Institutional Accreditation.
The University offers 75 academic programs: 19 undergraduate, 30 Specializations, 25 Masters and 1 PhD and has 311 full-time teachers (82% with PhD or Masters). La Universidad de La Sabana has 8,800 undergraduate and graduate students. One of its strengths is the Personalized Guidance offered to the students as an integrated formation strategy. La Universidad de La Sabana has a strong scholarship program that annually awards more than 2,800 scholarships to undergraduate students; it is highly recognized nationally for its leadership in internationalization.